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$2 PER ANNUM.
BROS.,
Clothiers & Merchant Tailors
Wantz Building,
Ham Street, Near Depot,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
St, Wo show a Larger land more
Varied stock of Cloths, Cassimeres,
Clothing and Gents’ Furnishing
Goods than any other house in the
county
STYLES AND PRICES
Will Astonish You.
tar SHARRER BROS., **
marl?
The ground hog has gone
BACK FOR SIX WEEKS,
That moans you will want
MORE WINTER GOODS,
AND HE NEVER LIES.
We will Close Out, for the next
Thirty Days at Cost, or Below
our entire line of Winter floods.
If you want to make an investment, and
make money, you can do so now. It you
(want an
OVERCOAT,
you can save at least 30 per cent, by buying
now, and can have the use of it this season,
for at least three months.
Gloves, Underwear, Wool Shirts,
Pants,
and everything in the shape of Winter Stock
will he sold Way Down in Price.
I have a nice line of
Mackintosh Cape Gum Over
coats,
that will be Sold Cheap. We want, to make
ready for our Immense Stock of
SPRING SUITINGS.
Wa* expect, as usual, to take the lead in
Iptiqg Suitings, and to make up Suits at
)riceslUiat will astonish you, and in Style and
A'ofkmanship, we claim to be in the lead.
t)o not.fail to call before you purchase your
Spring Suit, as we will save you money and
jive you a first class suit
, lies pm: I full v,
J. T. ANDRUS.
tel!< Westminster, Md.
TREATMENT TO ALL
-IV AND
UNIFORM RATES,
AT THE
**■ CENTRAL HOTEL, *
Westminster, Md.
JOHN MARSH, Proprietor.
One Dollar per Day.
Meals 26 cents each.
Lodging 26 cents.
Horse Peed 25 cents
Special Hates to Jurors and Witnesses.
Excellent Table. Comfortable Rooms. Po
lit*- Attention. Well Stocked liar.
feb7 lyr Attentive Hostlers.
J^UTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
OF CARROLL COUNTY.
'OFFICE, WESTMINSTER, Ml>
J. W. HERING, President
RICHARD MANNING,
Secretary and Treasurer.
JOHN T. UIFFENBAUGH.
General Agent, Westminster, Md.
' Dlrfctiiks.—Dr. J. W. Bering, Alfa
'/oliiekoffer, Edward Lynch, David Prugl
Granville S. Haines, GranvilleT. Hering, D
Samuel Hwope, R. Manning, Charles B. Ro!
erts David Fowble. ian 12-tl.
BOYLE’S PECTORAL SYRU
Cnres coughs, colds and all lung trouble
Price 25 cents. Sold by all druggists ai
merchants in the country. febl tf
al)c democratic
| JEADQUARTERS FOR
'
ftaTF U R N I T U RsE.“®B
3.
Since our last card in the Advocate, wr
have been compelled to enlarge onr store
rooms, and even with the acquired addition
: we are still pressed for room. We would like
t |to show all the different patterns of
CHAMBER SUITS,
PARLOR SUITS,
BUFFETS AND
WARDROBES
I Either in walnut or oak, in any of the stand-
Q ard finishes, but we really have to crowd the
goods too much in one building to show them
all together, consequently we were compelled
, to add 8 more floors of show room.
£
Our prices now aro as usual the
lowest in the market. The variety
as great as can be seen, and styles up
3 to the times. We invite your inspec
tion of our patterns. We don't give
away chromos with our suits, but do
give an honest cash value in the
goods.
M. L. STRAUS ft SONS,
Nos. 101, 103, 113 and 115 N. Howard St.,
Commencing at Corner of Fayette Street,
Baltimore, Md. Jan 24 tl
SALE OF
i Kir WINTER GOODS “W
AT OAK HALL, NEW WINDSOR.
j A CASH DISCOUNT OF 10 TO 20 PER
CENT, will be given on all Winter Goods,
j Special bargains in Ladies’ and Children’s
! Coats.
*IO.OO Coats at $7.00 to $7.50.
$7.00 and SB.OO Coats $5.00.
Others in proportion.
Our Coats and Suits Reduced in
Same Proportion.
Blankets and Comforts Very Cheap,
i We have piles of GOODS that must be
i closed out. The. Bargains are here. We are
perfectly willing for yon to have them.
500 YARDS BEST CALICO AT 6 CENTS
PER YARD.
Our Stock is largo and must lie closed out.
()*c stock for Spring will bo the loading
one in the county to select from.
Shirting, Muslins, Queenswaro and
1 Housekeeping Goods
- h)f aU Kinds in Season.
* We invite you to .call. Our discount, sale
| is to prepare the way for the Spring trade.
j Thanks for past patronage we hope to have
you continue dealing with us.
Respectfully yours,
j jan 17 GEO. C. ANDERS.
! JT MAY SEEM STRANGE,
But It is Nevertheless True,
i THAT I GIVE THE
GREATEST BARGAINS
To be obtained in this community, aod treat
\ my patrons with fairness and justice nnsur
u passed. The way to be assured of this is to
give me a call and see my large line of
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
g Complete as they can
* be; Preserved Butters of all
Kinds, Queensware,
; Glassware, Confectioneries,
Flour, Bacon, Tobacco
k- and Cigars,
Ami judge by actual experience of the truth
of this statement. I propose to continue
giving bargains and accommodating my
patrons as heretofore, and hope to receive a
■ rail, being fully assured that I can please nil
in goods and prices.
JOHN 1). BOVVERS,
e 47 E. Main St, opp. Catholic Church,
j.m3 Westminster, Md.
yyfM. H. KANNE,
Manufacturer of
d CaiTiages, Wagons, Trucks
and Wheelbarrows,
<1 AND BLACKSMITH IN GENERAL.
Corner Green and Liberty Streets,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
| Repairing, Painting and Trimming prompt
i ly attended to.
All Work done at the shortest notice.
jan3l lyr
* T IME.
* ±J LIME.
LIME,
If you want a LIME to improve your soil
and that possesses all the requisites of Bone
and Plaster, use that furnished by
S. W. BARRICK,
g- Woodsboro, Md.
Delivered on Frederick Pennsylva
nia Line; Western Maryland and Baltimore
°* <k Hanover Railroads.
dec2o till june27*
New store,
NEW GOODS
NEW PRICES, NEW MAN.
Don’t fail to call at 159 E. Main street am
get prices on Groceries, Flour, Bacon, Lan
and Country Produce. I have also added a
LINE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
For both ladies and gentlemen at a price fa
cheaper than competitors can sell them.
W. C. BENSON,
feb7 ly Westminster, Md.
red TV/TILLER & KENNEDY,
Al iYL DEALERS IX
Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds, &0.,
Charlestown,
Jefferson County, West V’a.
JP
lea. Those looking for careful safe investmenl
md are requested to correspond with us.
,f jan 24 tf
WESTMINSTER, MD, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1891.
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
PERSONAL PROPERTY,
In Freedom District, Carroll County, Md.
The undersigned, as attorney and agent for
the parties interested, will offer at public sale,
at the residence of Mrs. Hannah Dougherty,
near Berret P. 0., about 3 miles north of
Sykesville, Carroll county, Md., on
THURSDAY, 2d DAY OF APRIL, 1891,
at 10 o’clock, A. M., the following properly :
8 horses, five of which are mares, 3
(Sjfß* o ) with foal, and 2 are riding and driv
0 ing horses; 8 good milk cows, several
o of which will he fresh by day of sale: ilj
Holstein bull, 5 brood sows, will
" or about day of sale; 50===*
o Kites, farm wagon and bed, 1-horse
Maflßßspring wagon, Dayton wagon with
shafts and pole, road cart, top buggy, cutter
sleigh, two horse slide, single and double
shovel plow’s, furrow plows, cultivators, 2
Oliver chilled plows, shovels, forks, hoes,
rakes, dung forks, maul and wedges, crosscut
saw, picks, mattocks, Champion binder,
Champion mower, farm cart, horse rake,
Bickford A Hoffman grain drill, grain fan,
corn drill, half bushel measure, corn baskets,
wagon saddle, wagon whip, buggy whip, check
lines, collars, bridles, halters, hitchiug strap,
) lead lines, 2 sets of breechbands, 2 sets of
lead harness, set of buggy harness, 2 sets of
double harness, plow gears, wood slide, grain
cradle, mowing scythes, bramble scythes,
axes, breast, butt and cow chains, fift h chain,
log chain, single and doubletrees, spreaders,
2 iron jockey sticks, riding saddle and bridle,
2 ladies* saddles and bridles, 1,000 pounds of
. bacon, 200 pounds of lard, 7 turkeys, 5 Pekin
ducks, lot of chickens, grindstone. Also 50
? acres of growing wheat, 10 acres of growing
, rye, 125 barrels of corn by the barrel, 25
bushels of wheat, 20 bushels of rye, 75 bushels
• of oats, 150 bushels of potatoes.
Terms of Sale.—All sums of $lO and under,
cash; on sums above $lO a credit of 12 months
will be given, purchasers giving notes, with
approved security, hearing interest from day
of sale. CHAS. E. FINK,
► Attorney and Agent.
f j mar 14 ts Jos. W. Berret, Auctioneer.
' OW T ° CURE CATARRH.
1 Microscopical research by Pasteur, Huxley,
> Koch, Tyndall, Beale and and other scientists
( of Europe has developed the fact that catar
rhal affections of the nose, throat and other
parts of the respiratory tract are caused by
germs or parasites, which infect the mucous
membrane of these parts, and cause inflamma
tion that frequently results in one or more of
the following diseases: Weak eyes, head
ache, deafness, hay fever, laryngitis, bron
chitis and consumption. A remedy that will
not destroy the germ or parasite will not cure
’ catarrh.
DR. J. YINGLING,
402 N. Butaw Street, Baltimore,
Has found a treatment that will do this and
none thus afflicted would hesitate long in
availing themselves of its benefits, if its great
merits were fully understood. The Kev ; W.
Harris, of Baltimore, writes as follows : That
after having fully tested the treatment of Dr.
Tingling, No. 402 North Eutaw street, and
feeling myself thoroughly cured of a most
stubborn and annoying form of Catarrh, I
desire thus to give my hearty and grateful
testimonial to him as a careful, honest and
sincere Physician in the treatment of Catarrh.
I can most fully and conscientiously recom
mend him and his treatment to all sufferers
’ from this and kindred diseases.
1 give this testimonial all the more cheer
fully because no word or hint from him
solicited it, and because 1 feel that such a
competent Physician deserves the grateful
testimonial of one whom he has cured.
WILLIAM HARRIS,
Pastor of the Seventh Baptist Church,
feb2B tf Baltimore, Md.
I :
I EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC
Id SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Notice is hereby given that by order of the
‘ Board of School Commissioners of Carroll
county, the annual examination of Public
School Teachers and other persons who desire
to secure certificates of qualification as such,
1 and applicants for scholarships at the State
Normal School, will be held at Central Hall
School House, in Westminster, on
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY,
t APRIL 15th, 10th and 17th,
beginning promptly at 9 o'clock each day;
and that all applicants for teachers’ certili
[ cates, and all teachers except those who have
life certificates, diplomas from the State
Normal School, or Carroll county certificates
which will not expire within the next school
year, and all applicants for scholarships at
* j the State Normal School, are required to at
tend said examination.
The examination will be conducted accord
, j ing to the following schedule :
I Wednesday, A. M., Arithmetic, Geography;
P. M., History, Grammar.
Thursday, A. M., Geometry, Physiology:
i J*. M. t English Literature, Methods of Teach-
Friday, A. M., Bookkeeping, Algebra; P.
M., Natural Philosophy.
I JAMES A. DIFFENBAUGH,
’ mar 14 5t Examiner.
ROLLER MILLS
t j * "
Manufacture and keep constantly on hand,
1 FLOUR, FEED, HOMINY,
MEAL AND CHOP OP
L ALL KINDS.
, ItfrHighost Cash prices paid for
gtc.in, Longberry a specialty,
, : I, 14 If DAVID ROOF ft SON.
“ OAVE YOUR CHILD’S LIFE!
I 1 kJ
I 1 If your little one should he taken tonight
with Membranous Croup, what would you do?
What physician could save its life? None.
BELDIN’S CROUP REMEDY
Is a tasteless, harmless powder, and is the
only safeguard. In 20 years it has never
failed. Order now from your druggist or
from us. Price, 50cents. A sample powder
by mail for 10 cents.
I THE DR. BELDIN PROPRIETARY CO.,
novl ly Jamaica, N. Y.
OFFICE.
* I take this method of informing my friends
and the public that I have opened an office
for the transaction of the
DUTIES OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
in the Haines &. Co. Building, next door to
Uie store, nearly opposite the First National
Bank, and respectfully solicit patronage.
GEO. W. MATTHEWS, J. P.,
mayß tf Westminster, Md.
SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER
AND SCRIVENER.
II
e Having had many years experience in the
business, and having purchased all the Field
Books, Papers, &c., that belonged to the late
Surveyor, James Kelly, I take pleasure in
informing the public that I am prepared to
do such work with promptness and.upon rea
l* sonable terms, and respectfully solicit a share
* of the patronage. Office near Patapsco, W.
M. U. K.
oct 12.tf . JABEZ A. BUSH
3 U ISSOLUTION NOTICE *
The Firm of FRED. I). MILLER A BRO.
is this day dissolved by mutual consent,
Frank Z. Miller retiring. All accounts dm
, the said firm must be paid at once to Fred.
‘4 D. Miller, and all accounts due by the firir
r< will fie paid by
1 FRED. 1). MILLER.
Westminster, Md., March 2, 1891. rar7 3
ar JpOB RENT.
The Desirable Modern Dwelling, will
Lawn, Garden and Poultry Yard, No. 14'
Pennsylvania avenue. Rent low. Possessioi
given at once. Call on or address,
E. J. LAWYER,
janßl tf Westminster, Md.
PA. GOBBUCH, Auctioneer,
• WESTMINSTER, MD-
Cries sales at moderate rates and guaran
its tees satisfaction. No satisfaction, no pay
Orders can be left at McKellip A Ciabaugh’
law office. ]an3l:
(Original |)oetr.
1 THE BRIAR ROSE.
* r Written for the Democratic Advocate.
*’ BY FLORENCE SELBY.
r,
>1 “What flower shall 1 like l you
Sweet Mabel at my side
!, Just gave me a coquettish glamv
; And laughingly replied:
a
“Tls not among these flowers rare
j My likeness you can find:
{ Here queenly beauty.stately grace.
Arc everywhere combined. ’
We left the garden bright and turned
* To wander o’er the lea;
“ I felt a prick, and, turning, saw
r A little wild rose treo.
2 “Ah. now. fair friend, I know the (tower
, That—like you, shall I say ?
t The brier rose, that sweet, wild thing.
’, That blooms in mouth of May.’*
’ “The briar rose, with petals frail.
t And dainty, tinted heart;
* That prickly thing that always charms.
, Yet al ways leaves a smart.’’
J. The maiden smiled with air demure,
‘ She looked me through and through;
1 “The briar rose is sweet,” said she.
* “I quite With you "
i (Original JSton).
? WHAT MILDRED REMEMBERS.
it Written for the Democratic Advocate.
BY FLORENCE SELBY.
J Mildred was very happy. A delight ful
’ thing-bad happened. It was so delicious
that her face was all smiles and dimples
as she thought about it. It was what she
had longed for. When she went to the
ball last night in her white gown and blue
> ribbons it had been with the intention of
. making good use of her first grown-up
r part}’. She was determined to fascinate
< somebody, and she bad made a conquest.
Mr. William Payton was the victim.
[ He was a dashing young bean from AN ash
ington College, reared with a bright, at
| tractive manner —such an attentive man
ner ! The face was a good one, and lie bad
beautiful, tender, eandid eyes of brown.
She bad seen him sometimes at church
1 with one of the older Misses Clark, but be
1 bad never noticed her then because she
was not out. Now all was different. As
1 .Mildred looked with animated blue eyes
j into her mirror she laughed again and
I again. It was all so amusing to think over.
| Her sunny golden hair was soft and
1 pretty. She bad it low on her neck in a
‘ becoming way. Try as she would to pre
, vent, rebellions locks tell caressingly about
her white forehead. “He said be liked
i my bail this way.” she said.
| It was a cool evening on the 2d of May;
the candles stood by the long mirror.
Mlily’s old nurse, Martha, stood by and
assisted her to make her toilet For a
wonder the two older sisters were away,
and Miss Mildred Light foot was going to
entertain in the drawing room alone, and
j it elated her to know that she could receive
; visitors. That evening she wore a fine
? white muslin gown with puffed sleeves, and
[ a round low neck, a string of coral beads
1 were clasped around her neck, and she
tripped across the floor in front of the
mirror to observe bow her feet looked in
: the new slippers. “Well, I’m ready now,”
’ she said, “and I Impel look nice, Martha,
j Do I, do you think ?”
I* Old Martha’s gesture of enthusiasm was
t more emphatic than words, and satisfied
Mildred, as she left the room followed by
Martha.
In the large, handsome, paneled diawing
room was Mr. Payton, and who as gallant
: as be ? Mildred’s father and mother, with
two old ladies, neighbors, were having an
* absorbing game of whist. Then Milly went
to the piano, which was a treasure. There
was a trick about Milly’s playing; such dear
j little pieces; dances that made you long to
trip it. Then her sentimental melodies
could melt you to tears. Before the visit
? ended Mr. Payton bad a little sprig of
mignonette that Milly bad worn in her
hair, and when he had bowed himself out
Milly stood pensive by the hearth, and, as
she held her bands to the blaze of the grate
fire, she bummed a little song anti smiled a
little.
“Mildred, my child,” said her father
from the card table, “it is time for you to
go to lied.”
She laughed sweetly.
J “Father, lam grown up now, if you
please. Will you send me, really ?”
The good old gentleman laughed too as
* be looked at her over bis glasses. She was
very pretty.
J “Stay if you wish, my love.”
She sat down a little longer, in a reverie,
’ then quietly went to her room. She bad
lots of pleasant things to think about—he
had be*rgcd leave to take a flower, kiss her
s band, &c.
e The days wore on. Mildred found after
g she grew accustomed to her place in society
0 that conquests were common with her. She
J set less value upon this first. She regarded
him now as a friend. His gallant phrases,
his languishing air; ah, well, others acted
just as be did, and she bad a secret, ro
mantic admiration for bis brown eyes, but
c she was not in love with him.
J A day came when minors of war came.
e into the little town. The minors became
0 realities, and a deep gloom overspread the
l ’ household. The war broke out. Tbesad-
r m dest part to Milly was that the dear old
mammies she loved might one day no
longer be theirs. That t hey might lie poor
did not disturb her, in fact, she did not
j realize that that could lie; she had only a
t, vague idea of what poor meant.
j e One day Will Payton came to Mildred,
m who sat in the drawing room alone. He
looked so unlike himself that she went to
3t Idm in alarm.
“Miss Mildred,” he cried, taking her
1 band, “Milly, dear, I have come to say
something important to you. I will be
)n brief. I love you dearly, and you know it.
Will you be mine—for ever ?"
She was startled, yet she should not
have lieep. |)id she not see, every day, it
j was coming to this?
n- 4< Oh, dear,” she said miserably, blushing
like a rose, and drawing away her bands.
“I did not know. I did not suspect. I
must say no to you. lam sorry, so sorry;
but that will not take the pain away, will
it ?*’
He was not in the least dashing now.
be was unutterably sad.
“1 was mistaken,” be said. “1 am sure
you did not mean to flirt. It is all right,
only ’ —be looked straight into her eyes—
“don’t look at other men as you have looked
at me, and don’t be as kind to them if you
don’t love them. They might think you
mean more than you do. I am going to
join the army. 1 Imped to call you, well,
something very sweet before I went, but I
suppose if is not to be. But can’t you
, give me a chance, can’t I hope a little till
I come hack, if I do ?”
“Don't talk alioiit not coining hack.
A’es, you may take your chance, hut that
may not mean anything at all. You may
only he disappointed again. I don’t know ;
why you want me, anyhow.”
“That hope, even so small, makes me
feel belter.” he said, more cheerfully. “1 j
have said uuodhye to your father and
, j mother. They know why lam here.
J God bless you, dearest.” He looked again
j into her pretty childish face, then left her
j to her thoughts.
Will Payton left nest morning.
Milly had a good cry, and she felt mis
erable every time she thought of the poor
fellow’. She reproached herself tor her
I coquettish ways, which before bad seemed
i so innocent. She vowed she would be a
: staid woman after this. She felt she bad
i spoken falsely when she said he might
• hope. There was a dark haired colonel
1 I whom she knew, and who had dined several
‘ times with her father. She thought about
• ! him constantly. He was fifteen years older
• 1 than she, hut she did not think of that.
, : She knew she loved him, hut she forced
. ! hack the thought, for he had not spoken, j
The colonel came that evening after poor
Payton had left. He, too, went to Milly ;
with his story, and his luck was better, i
1 He was accepted. Are not people in love
the most selfish of beings? Milly, for the j
i time being, forgot poor Payton, and it was (
only when she was alone in her room, feel- 1
: ing very sad about the colonel’s departure,
; which would take place early next morning, |
; that she thought again about the lover to j
1 whom she had held <*ut such false hojies.
and there was no way to lake hack her
1 words now. He would he gone before day. i
It happened that Payton was in Colonel |
Igleliart’s regiment, and, knowing, he had ;
. been an acquaintance of Mildred’s,he wrote
1 to her: “Will Payton is one of the lest
men I have the honor to command. He
; is a brave soldier, an edifying companion,
, and his temper is as sweet as yours, Milly.
1 Sometimes I wonder at this change in his
i disposition, knowing what a dashing, hot
, j tempered, reckless fellow he used to he.
> He is as gentle as a woman to the wounded.
1 There must he a secret force that upholds
‘ him. Perhaps he has a sweetheart.”
5 It was a few months after this, just after |
I a great battle had been fought, that Milly |
! received the sad news that Payton had j
1 been wounded mortally, and had lived only |
an hour afterward. “All that we could do i
was done, Mildred,” the colonel wrote. ,
“AVe paid all respect to him. I found :
among his clothes a small picture of you, I
and this makes me suspect that he loved
i you, though I have no right to pry into
I the secrets of the dead. He was your
• friend, and lam sorry to convey such sad
intelligence to you and to his parents. He
; was their only son.”
The letter was ended, and Col. Iglehart
, returned to claim his sweetheart. The
, years had changed her. She was a woman
• understanding the realities of life and its
misfortunes. She was all the better for
• the wholesome lesson. She was happily
, married, and among her treasures was a
; picture of a very young man with brown
; eyes. Gentle thoughts hover aliont the
' memory of poor AVill Payton.
A QUEER LOT.
Komi* or Hi. P..nliHrt*l.H of Jo*ol*
lllpro'w Seven i’!til.reil.
Kmm the i'hilaiietphia Inquirer.
1 People of M nnson claim to have among
them the (ptcercst family as to physical
' peculiarity in the whole country. Jacob
> Hiers, a farmer in moderate circnstances,
has seven tdiildren. The oldest is IC, aj
bright, hoy, hut having thirteen lingers and !
1 thirteen toes —seven on one hand and six [
on the oilier, his toes being similarly divid
i ed. Next lo him is another hoy, 14 years
1 old. As long as this hoy is quiet no one
would suppose he had any peculiarity, hut
the moment he opens his month lo talk he
• loses all control of his hands, arms, feet
I and legs, and they jerk and thrash and
t kick around as if they were hung on wires.
The hoy is as slow of speech as his
limbs active, and in answering a simple
r question, it is no uncommon thing for his
' legs lo have carried him a rod or more
i away before he is able to articulate yes or
1
no. The hoy does not seem lo mind his
i affliction, and not only does not hesitate to
1 respond, or try to, when he is addressed,
‘ but is always ready to begin a conversation
I on the slightest excuse. He can be seen
almost any day arguing with or explaining
B some |mint lo some companion, who is kept
B constantly busy either in avoiding the in
’ voluntary kicks or blows of the hoy’s
• sprightly feet or hands, or in following him
1 briskly lo keep the run of the subject.
0 The third child is a girl, wlio is a hunch
r back and a dwarf. She Is 12 years old.
t A boy next lo her is deaf and dumb. The
3 fifth child has a bright red birthmark en
circling her neck like a piece of flannel.
. It is an inch and a half wide. The other
e two children are twins, 3 months old —a
0 hoy and a girl. The boy’s head is covered
with hair enough for a grown person,
r while the girl twin hasn’t the sign of a
y hair upon the head, the little poll being as
e white and shiny as a billiard hall. The
t- girl is fat and the boy lean. When the
boy laughs the little girl cries lustily, and
>t when his little sister is merry the boy
it sheds tears and yells.
Everyone of these seven children is
g handsome and mentally bright. Mrs.
B. Hiers is a fine looking woman, and her
1 husband is Sound physically and mentally.
#ur #lio. ;
The Scandinavian Cities. i
From the New York Observer.
If one were to characterize the towns of •
Scandinavia he mijrlit say that Stockholm t
was the handsomest and most dignified city i
in the north, that Gothenburg had the air .
of an English business town, that Chris- ,
(iania had an American atmosphere, and ]
that Copenhagen seemed a mixture of a ;
German city and a Dutch seaport. ;
In Stockholm royalty makes itself felt,
and increases the formality and politeness
which is natural and universal among the
Swedes. It has palaces and public build
ings suited lo a capital, and whatever of
display the nation makes, is made there.
There are not many foreigners living in
i Stockholm, except as they are attached to
j the embassies of different nations, and bus
j iness Is subordinate.
In Gothenburg business is the principal '
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thing; there are some important industries,
and many English and Seotch have settled
in the town and its neighborhood, who have
developed its commerce and increased its
prosperity while making also their own
fortunes. Fine buildings erected by pri- i
vate owners have superseded the old houses, I ;
and except for the clear sky and brilliant
sun, one would easily imagine himself in
Great Britain. English is also largely
spoken, and in society many people who
know England and Scotland from birth or
long residence there, are met.
Christ iania is a capital, and has a palace
to which the king comes yearly when he
opens the Storthing or Parliament, but it.
does not make much of royalty; there is a
large parly that would rather be without a
king, and the general tendency of the town,
jas well as of Norway, is democratic. AVliile
I Sweden lias retained her nobility and titles,
I they are almost entirely abolished in Nor
| way, and the large emigration to America
has had a reflex influence upon ti e coun
try from which the emigrants came, greater
| than in the case of almost any other people.
1 The habits of thought and business meth- |
i>ds, and many of the customs of the people : ’
seem very natural to an American, who
easily finds himself al home in Christiania; !
and this is especially theease, if he has the !
j acquaintance of the courteous and accom- |
plished representative of the I niled Stales,
Mr. (jlerhard (Jade, who for more than fif-
I teen years has honored the American flag
and entertained with great, hospitality those
who have visited Norway from the United
Stales. The number of American tourists
and travellers who journey in summer lo
the North Cape is yearly increasing, and as
these mostly pass through Christiania in
going or returning, they leave not only their
dollars, but somewhat of influence upon an
impressible and favorably disposed commu
nity.
j When we come to Copenhagen every
j thing is changed. It is pre-eminently a
j seaport. Its excellent situation, its ancient
j prestige as a maritime city, its extensive
! shipping, plying not only to all northern
j lands during the summer, but carrying
I trade in its vessels to all parts of the world,
j its quays and canals and splendid exchange,
! all proclaim its character. Sailors are fre
quent in its streets, flags of all nations wave
from its buildings, and there is a mercantile
air about the town as marked as in Liver
pool or New York. But Copenhagen is
also the capital of Denmark, and the resi
dence of its King and Court. There are
ancient palaces, and formidable lowers, and
soldiers on guard, and a formality and eti
quette in society which are almost as stern
and sacred as in the German Empire.
Hence the city is a mixture of incongruous
elements. Viewed from the outside, with ;
its many nationalities in the streets, with
the “tivolis” and gardens incircling the
town, it seems almost one great cafe chan
tant. Viewed from within, with the dig
nity of court manners, the large and solemn
congregations singing slow chorals in the
great churches, and the military aspect of '
many things, it seems like a city of that
German Empire which is now the great
conservative force in Europe. This gives
a certain piquancy and rest lo the place,
| and the traveller who has not seen Copen- \
| hagen has a treat in store. There is a |
I museum of antiquities that can hardly be
j paralleled in the world; there is a complete !
collection of Thorwaldsen’s works which
arc alone worth a journey to Europe; there
are treasures of the Middle Ages in the
Rosenberg Palace, and churches which date
to the time of the Reformation: there is a
Zoological and Botanical Garden, and more
excellent entertainment to be bad in the
“Tivoli” for twenty-five cents on any sum
mer evening than New York could furnish
if (Vmey Island and Theodore Thomas and
Barnum should combine to give a perfor
mance in the (’entral Park. It might be
expected that such a heterogeneous mixture
would be disorderly and immoral, but the
evidence and testimony are all the other
way. For a seaport, Copenhagen has a re
markable reputation for good order and
discipline. The Danes are a self-respect
ing people, from their king down, and
lienee they are repeated at home and abroad.
In these northern countries there have
been many more travellers, both English
and American, than in any year before.
The Americans have the better reputation,
for though they do not spend as much
money as the English, and have their tail
ings which are prominent enough, yet they
fraternize with all the peoples among whom
they travel, and carry with them no as
sumption of superior excellence which
marks the Englishman always and every
where. The world, even in conservative
parts of Europe, is growing very democratic
and esteems rank and birth at a less value
than of yore. Just think of an American
Minister at the close of a court levee clap
ping on the back a noble associate in the
diplomatic corps from one of the most ex
clusive kingdoms of Europe, and saying, in
allusion to his bright red uniform, “Well,
i old flamingo, when shall we meet again ?”
And instead of being the occasion of a duel,
“ this utterance was regarded as a very orig
. inal and brilliant sally of a popular repre-
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sentative of that great and peculiar nation,
the United States of America. The world
moves fast of late, and democratic ideas and
habits are going around the globe. The
self-government of a nation is no longer an
“experiment. Whether it is the best style
of government is perhaps not decided, but
we know there will be no perfect human
government until all the nations acknowl
edge the “King of kings and Lord of
lords’’ as their Supreme Kuler, and also
acknowledge all mankind, the world over
as brethren.
Triple-Screw Propulsion.
In the course of an illustrated article de
scribing the new triple-screw steel-proteced
cruiser No. 12, the Iron Age publishes the
following from the pen of Horace Sec, the
well-known engineering authority :
There is no subject upon which such a
diversity of opinion exists as that of screw
propulsion. He who designs a propeller or
system of propulsion is likely to meet with
more adverse criticism on his scheme of
work than the poor Indian did on his ca
noe. In the latter case this was confined
to the shape of the boat, but in that of the
screw propeller the shape is only one of a
great number of subjects to he criticised.
These multiply and become more compli
cated by the addition of each screw.
It is fortunate that the United States
Government is coming forward to make an
experiment with triple screws, as it is far
better able to suffer loss if the effort is nut
a perfectly successful one than the mer
chant or the builder.
In building this experimental vessel
they may not attain what is expected, hut I
are sure to secure a vessel which will be a
valuable addition to the navy, as there are
many advantages to he gained by the use
of the three screws, even if the height of!
| extreme speed calculated upon is not!
reached.
The speed of a war vessel varies with ■
the condition of the service in which she is ,
engaged. Today at full speed, to overtake
or escape an enomy, or tomorrow at an easy
jog, while making a tour of duty where |
time is no object. In the first ease the end
j must he attained at any cost, hut in the
| last at the least.
The engine is built to secure the primary
object—extreme speed. This means, with
the use of the single screw, a reduction of
revolutions at low speed, and with it a pro
portionate increased coal consumption per
horse power employed per hour. It is pos
sible with twin screws to improve on this
either by duplicating tin? engines on each
| shaft, discontinuing the forward set when
low speeds are desired, and running the
after ones at full speed, or by running tin
port or starhoad engines separately at full
speed.
With triple screws we ean go still fur
ther than this. By their use the speed
can he cut down in two ways, either by
running the middle screw alone <>r either I
one of the outside screws separately at full j
speed. The idea of running the middle
screw separately has governed the adoption
of the triple system in the 7-JOO-ton cruiser :
to he built for our navy. Some points,
however, in their application to this vessel
are open to criticism. We refer to the
position of the outer screws and diameter of I
the middle screw. If in dropping or di
verging the screw the shaft is inclined or
the centres at the wheel made greater than
at the engine, its pitch will vary through
every part of its revolution in proportion
to the amount of inclination. Consequent
ly its action will he irregular and the speed
of the ship retarded.
By making the middle screw less in di
ameter than the outer ones we shall have
this vessel of "300 tons displacement pro
pelled, if the engine is worked up to its full
natural draught power, by a twelve-foot
screw, to which about 5000 indicated horse
i power will be applied. This will no doubt
act with some loss of efficiency and conse
quent waste .f fuel, so that the end aimed
at will liehut partly secured. If, however,
it is correct to employ such a small diam
eter here, it is all wrong in the merchant
practice to employ a sixteen or seventeen
foot screw to do work of a similar charac
ter.
The rivers of our country, on account of
shallows in places, present a field for
the use of the mgltiple screw as great as
that on the ocean, so that we shall await
with some interest the building and trial of
this vessel.
Prevention of Typhoid Fever.
The State Board of Health of Kentucky
has issued the following circular, which is
important to all sections of the country
where typhoid fevers prevails ; ,
This hoard desires to call the attention
of our health authorities and people to the
gradually increasing prevalence of and mor
tality from typhoid fever, and to the grow
ing importance of a constant resort to the
methods which modern scientific researches
have suggested for the prevention of this
disease.
These preventive measures are of the
more imjiortance to the Stale because di
rected against a disease especially prevalent,
and fatal among persons in the prime of
life, who contribute most to the public
wealth and prosperity. Uonsidered purely
as an economic problem, the feature of it
probably least thought of by most people,
the importance of this disease can scarcely
he overestimated. Statistics show that ten
persons an* sick for every one that dies of
this disease, and to say nothing of the cash
value to the Slate of those who die every
year —and it is conceded that the State Juts
no more valuable property than that repre
sented in its vigorous population--the loss
of time and labor, and the necessary cost
incurred in attention to those who finally
recover, makes an annual (ax u]H>n our
people of startling proportions.
Typhoid fever Is probably the most pre
ventable of all diseases, not even excepting
small pox. It Is now known that, like
cholera and dysentery, the germ or sjtecifie
cause of this disease is contained in the dis
charge from those sick of it, and that while
other methods of introducing the poison
into the system are possible, it most gen
erally gains entrance through the medium
of an infected water supply—usually the
use of well water polluted by fecal matter.
This may be direct from such water, or in
direct, by using milk or other articles of
food or drink from cans or vessels washed
in it. lee, from an infected source, Is also
dangerous, since it has l>ecn proved that
freezing does not destroy the infective
principle.
While water from all sources of supply
is liable to contamination, well water is es
|>ecially so, whether located in city, town,
or summer watering place, or country.
Thus out of IU4 cases occurring in Louis
ville in 1881, 298 of the persons used well
water habitually, and some of the other lt
did so occasionally. In the now famous
epidemic at Plymouth, Pa., involving the
sickness of 1,1 o I persons, the death of 114,
and an actual outlay in money, of SG7,-
100.17, the outbreak was traced to the
use of water polluted by (he fecal discharge
of one imported ease of the disease. Facts
no loss convincing might he multiplied in
definitely if space permitted. In a smaller
way (hey are common in the experience of
physicians in active practice.
Usually the wells are sunk near the
kitchen, and in dangerous proximity to the
privy and other sources of contamination.
The well draws its supply from an inverted
cone, having its apex at. the bottom of the
well and its base at the surface of the
ground. In dry seasons this base is often
extended until tin- well lavouies a recepta
cle for the more or less perfectly filtered
filth from all the sources found in (he aver
age hack yard, and the water, often spark
ling in its apparent, purity, becomes a cul
ture fluid for any disease germs finding
their way into it.
Two methods of prevention, having the
same general object in view, are to be re
| commended. The first involves the thor
-1 ough disinfection of all discharges from the
bowels of typhoid lever patients. This is
: best done by the use of a.solution of chlor
ide of lime, 8 ounces to the gallon of water,
1 using a quart of this solution for each dis
charge. and allowing it to stand in the ves
j sel ai least an hour before emptying. A
: solution of corrosive sublimate, 2 drachms
to the gallon of water, will answer the same
purpose, but requires to remain longer in
contact with the material to he disinfected.
Bed and body linen soiled by such patients
i should be disinfected by (he use of the
same solution or by boiling.
The second method relates to avoiding
the use of suspicious water, and <*spceially
well water, and where this cannot he done,
to boil such water before it is used for
drinking purposes. In the absence of a
pure and well-guarded public water supply,
properly stored cistern water is probably
! open to least objection.
The effectual practice of these methods
: will require intelligent care and some ex
pense, bat it is confidently believed that
their general adoption would result in the
: practical disappearance of a disease which
Is not only a disgrace to our civilization,
j hut an annual scourge and lax upon the
i people of Kentucky, in comparison with
which yellow fever and cholera sink into
j insignificance.
That Ache in the Back.
An Albany physician, says a contempo
rary, declares that Americans suffer more
generally from Bright’s disease and nervous
diseases t han any other people, and he say*
the reason is that Americans sit down so
persistently at their work. He says:—
“Americans are (he greatest sitters I ever
knew. While Knglishmen, Germans and
Frenchmen walk and exercise, an American
business man will go to his office, take his
seat in his chair and sit there all day with
out giving any relief to the tension of the
muscles of the hack. The result is (hat
these muscles surrounding the kidneys be
come soft and flabby. They lose their
vitality. The kidneys themselves soon be
come weak and debilitated. If Americans
would exercise more, if they would stand
at their desks rather than sit, we would
hear less of Bright’s disease. I knew of a
New York man who had suffered for some
years from nervous prostration, until it was
recommended to him that he have a desk
at which he could stand to do his work.
Within a year he was one of the healthiest
men you ever saw. His dyspepsia and
kidney trouble had disappeared, and he
had an appetite like a paver.
Don’t You Think So?
An exchange says; Any man can take
a home paper. It is the cheapest thing he
can buy. It instructs you and broadens
your views. It interests you and your wife
and educates your children. It comes to
you every week, rain or shine, calm or
storm, bringing you the news of the busy
world No matter what hap|>ens, it enters
your door as a welcome friend, full of sun
shine, cheer and interest. It op'.ns the
door of the great world and puls you face
to face with its people and its great.events.
It. shortens the long summer days and it
enlivens the long winter nights. It is your
adviser, your gossip and your friend. No
man is just to his children who does not
give them the local paper to read. No
man is good to himself or wife, who does
, not. take a first class newspa|H?r, yet there
are peopl * living who will not lake the
home paper Usause the? printer wants a
living price for it, hut will Imrrow it from
his neighbor and read its contents, and then
pay for a city pajier that is full of sensa
tional stories, murders, Ac., for his family
• Co read.
An Agnostic is a man who vows lie
knows nothing, and gets wrathy and vexed
’ wit h you if you believe him. He says he
doesn't know anything, hut he really he
• lieves he knows everything.
i An important manufacture of bailer
• from cocoa nut milk is growing up in Ger
many. Uoe*ianuls for ihe purpose are
i imported in large numbers from India.